North Korea's response to international sanctions has been to call ... according to a source in North Hamgyong Province. "Recently from on high [the authorities] issued an order to actively support the Musan mine," the source said. "But in the case of ...

News North Korea » North Hamgyong: North Korea has held his dad for nearly 50 years

SEOUL — North Korea's charm offensive at the Olympics has made headlines, but not everyone here is delighted by the synchronized cheerleading squads or the enigmatic smile of dictator Kim Jong Un's sister. For Seoul resident Hwang In-cheol, 50 ...

News North Korea » North Hamgyong: I Saw Another Side Of North Korea While Traveling Undercover [PHOTOS]

In June 2013, I traveled to North Korea’s North Hamgyong Province undercover, not disclosing that I was a journalist in order to get a sense of life in areas far from Pyongyang. REUTERS/KCNA Things started out in exciting fashion. I crossed into the ...

North Korea’s nuclear testing appears to have spread devastation for miles, according to testimony from former residents. The Punggye-ri nuclear test site in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, where North Korea has conducted a total of six nuclear ...

News North Korea » North Hamgyong: Fresh Earthquakes Signal North Korea May Have Damaged Its Nuclear Test Site

Friday’s quake was a magnitude 2.7 with a depth of 3 km in North Hamgyong Province in North Korea, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the quake at 2.9 magnitude at a depth of 5 km.

News North Korea » North Hamgyong: North Korea May Have Damaged Its Nuclear Testing Site, Experts Say

Friday’s quake was a magnitude 2.7 with a depth of 3 km in North Hamgyong Province in North Korea, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the quake at 2.9 magnitude at a depth of 5 km.

News North Korea » North Hamgyong: Sanctions and North Korea's Precarious Food Security

A rumor is circulating in Ryanggang and North Hamgyong provinces that the body of someone who ... to be true says something about the instability of food supply in North Korea right now. According to one of Daily NK’s sources, “There are so many ...

North Korea may be preparing to carry out additional nuclear and ... The tests are conducted deep underground in a series of tunnels at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, in North Hamgyong Province. The report said Tunnel 3 at the site “is ready to ...

News North Korea » North Hamgyong: Latest North Korea quake a sign of instability at nuclear site: Experts

Friday’s quake was a magnitude 2.7 with a depth of 3km in North Hamgyong Province in North Korea, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the quake at 2.9 magnitude at a depth of 5km. The series ...

News North Korea » North Hamgyong: Defectors, Google Earth map decades of horror in North Korea

A Seoul-based non-governmental organization has used Google Earth technology to enable North Korean defectors to “build a digital map of crimes against humanity in North Korea ... sites identified were in North Hamgyong Province, which borders ...